1、Step 1: Brainstorming1. Do you love your parents? Do you think you show respect to your parents?2. Do you sometimes quarrel with your parents? How do arguments usually happen? Will you give examples of kinds of problems you sometimes have with your parents. Some parents may interfere in their childr
2、ens lives and try to influence their decisions about their future career or study plans. Parents may want to make decisions for their children and also force them into doing things they dont want to, such as household chores or extra study. Some parents dont always trust that their child is telling
3、the truth. They may ask lots of questions about a childs social activities or the reason why they are late coming home, etc.Some of the problems we have been discussing are quite common in families nowadays. What should you do to deal with these problems? Do you nowadays always listen to your parent
4、s instructions? Do you always explain yourselves to your parents and resolve problems peacefully? Or do you disobey your parents and quarrel with them about your decisions? In every family there are certain issues that cause problems and arguments. What are the most common causes of family arguments
5、? Are these daily conflicts over doing homework, doing household chores and going to bed and getting up on time? Or are they over bigger issues such as study, careers, university and making friends?Step 2: Discussing and practicing1. Look at each picture carefully. There are four pictures here. Firs
6、t of all, Id like you to imagine the situation and try to describe it with your own words.(The teacher can show an example to students by describing the first picture.)Last Sunday, after leaving school, Li Ping went home feeling extremely tired. He wanted to have a good rest and relax. When his pare
7、nts said hello to him, he was so impatient that he didnt say anything and went straight to his own bedroom. Though his parents were very confused, they didnt ask him why and continued with the cooking. After a while, loud music came from Li Pings bedroom. His mother was very angry and she rushed int
8、o his room.2. Now please talk about each picture as fully as possible in groups of four and share your opinions with your partners. Better not let go the chance to speak. I will invite some of you to report back your descriptions.3. Do you think there is a generation gap between you and your parents
9、? Does the generation gap really exist? How do you overcome the gap?Sample answersA. Yes, sometimes my parents try and interfere in my life and make my decisions for me. My parents want me to be a lawyer, but I want to be a writer or a journalist. We argue a lot about what subjects I should study at
10、 university and which job I should get. I spend much of my time working on the school newspaper, but my parents say I should concentrate first on my subjects and forget about extra-curricular activities. They think if I waste my time on these activities, I wont get good enough grades to attend a goo
11、d university.They also try to control my home life a lot. My mother is always asking me to help with the cooking and keep my room clean, but I just want to relax and listen to music or chat to my friends on the Internet. My father wants me to take extra maths lessons at the weekend, but I think I ne
12、ed time to have fun with friends as well as study. B. My parents want to control my life too. We argue about my grades and study almost every day. Whenever I feel angry with my parents, I talk it over with my best friend. I dont expect that she will have a better solution to the problem than me, but
13、 I can express my inner feelings to her better than to my parents. Unlike my parents, who shout at me and say I am wrong and bad for not wanting the same things as them, my friend understands completely what I am feeling. We have the same dreams and ambition.C. My parents dont trust me at all. They
14、always think I am out having fun with my friends, not studying. I often meet my friends after school to research projects and do homework. We do have fun, but we still do lots of work. Sometimes I am late home and my father always asks me lots of questions about where I have been and who I met. They
15、 think I am playing games in the Internet cafe or out shopping for clothes or CDs. I tell them I am studying but they just dont believe me. We often argue and they call me a bad child and say I am disobedient and dont respect them. I try to be a good child, but sometimes when I am tired or in a bad
16、mood, I am not very polite to my parents, I sometimes stay quiet and dont answer their questions and dont do the things they ask me to, like helping around or going to bed on time, but I think sometimes they just dont understand me.Step 3 Further DiscussionAsk the students to further discuss the que
17、stion: Do you think there is a generation gap between you and your parents? If so, what is the best wayto solve the problem?Step 4 Homework1. Write a note of how to communicate with your parents in terms of one of your growing pains.2. Preview the new words of Reading and the play in Reading.Unit 2
18、Growing PainsPeriod 2 Reading ITeaching aims:1 The students will be reminded of the boy and take interest in the main character in the play and introduce the reading “Home alone”;2 After skimming and scanning, the students will be able to get the main characters in the play;3 After Listening to the
19、tape, the students will be able to better understand the play through T or F questions. At the same time, they will be able to know how to read a play;4 After acting the play, the students will be able to practice their acting skills and arouse their activeness. And they will be able to analyze the
20、emotions of the main characters;5 After some multiple choices and relative exercises, the students will be able to improve their skills in reading comprehension;6 After a discussion, the students will be able to solve some practical growing pains in real life.1. Help students understand the play.2.
21、How to improve students reading ability.1. Skimming and scanning 2. Task-based approach.3. Pair or group work.4. Discussion.Step 1 Lead-inShow a photo of a boy on the screen and ask the students like this: Ok, everyone, do you still remember the film clip in the previous lesson? And the boy who impr
22、essed us deeply, can you recognize him? This class he will be with us all the time. And he is a starring role in the film “Home Alone”, and in our class today, he is called “Daniel”, a naughty and lovely boy who also has difficulty dealing with his growing pains. Now open your textbooks to page 22.S
23、tep 2 Skimming and ScanningRequire the students to skim and scan the text to answer some questions on the screen and then conduct a feedback activity.(PPT 6)Answers:Who are the main characters in the play? (Eric, Daniel, Mom and Dad.)Why was Dad very angry with Daniel? (The room was a mess. / There
24、was trash all over the place.)What happened to their dog, Spot? (Spot was ill.)Step 3 Listening and understanding Listen to the tape and finish the exercises on the screen (mainly from C1 and C2)C1 1. Dad 2. Daniel 3. Dad 4. Daniel 5. Eric 6. Dad 7. Mom C2 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. F 8.T(PPT
25、7-9)Step 4 Detailed Reading and Act the PlayLets divide into several groups and each group first read the play out loud and then acts it out. Pay attention to imitating the tones and intonations of each character while reading. We can hold a competition to see which group is the best. And then fill
26、in the blanks on the screen according to the sequence of act.(PPT 10-15)Act 1CharactersThings they doFeelingsMom and Dadjust coming back from vacationexcited, disappointed, angryEricplaying soccer at homesurprised and frightenedDanielstaying in another roomsorryangryAct 2 Expressing his angerAngryCo
27、mforting his brothercalmMomTalking about the things happened todaySorry and regretfulDadStubborn(固执的)注:黑体字是答案Step 5 ComprehensionFinish some multiple choices about the play and fill in the blanks of a task based reading.Answers for multiple choices: 1. D 2.A 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. D 7. BAnswers for task
28、based reading: reached, which, in , angry, explanation, earth, disease, taking, scolded, silence.Step 6 DiscussionHow do you think good parents should treat their children?And how do you think children should understand their parents?Step 7 Homework1. Finish the Part D, E on Page 25 and A1 and A2 on
29、 page 94.2. Try to write a short play emotionally in a group of four after class.(PPT20)Period 3 Reading IILanguage points1 The students are able to keep the important words and phrases in mind as well as some difficult sentences;2 After some exercise, the students will be able to apply what they ha
30、ve learnt to practice;3 To improve the students skills in solving some difficult problems related to the college entrance examination. Teaching important and difficult pointUsage of the key words and expressions.1. Explanation and practice.2. Discussion.3. Pair work.Teaching Aid:Multi-mediaStep 1 Review Students are given some exercises
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